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2 September 2010
In the vegetable patch
You all know I love Winter but it's the second day of Spring today and we're in those transition days from cool to warm. It's a...
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1 September 2010
What have you given up for good?
There are changes happening all over the world now that I think will benefit us all in the long term. Many of us are thinking more about ho...
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31 August 2010
Home cooking - what decadence!
I usually receive a few emails every week asking for more from scratch recipes. I cook every day, so there is no shortage of recipes. On th...
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29 August 2010
Homemade laundry liquid revisited
I continue to receive emails asking how to cut down on spending and if there is one good way to do it. Well, no, there isn't, it's...
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28 August 2010
Care to barter?
As most of you know, I will be a first time grandmother early next year. I want to help prepare for the birth and supply some of the many t...
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27 August 2010
Where to go from this day forward
We all seem to be on the same page when it comes to retirement and we all know that if your 20 or 70, simple living will help you live well ...
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26 August 2010
Retirement - controlling our future lives
I'm not sure about other countries but in Australia now, if you're in paid work, you'll pay into a compulsory superannuation/r...
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24 August 2010
The grey tsunami
I sat down with my knitting last Sunday afternoon and watched the second half of a TV program on SBS called The Grey Tsunami. I missed the...
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This is where I work
Today we're travelling to South Africa to visit Wendy who is living simply on her urban homestead, homeschooling her four children. We a...
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23 August 2010
Water management - what's your strategy?
Most of you know that we live in the sub tropics and one of the reasons we chose this area to live in was the annual rainfall. It wasn'...
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20 August 2010
Slow cooking and slow living
I woke, as usual, just before 4, showered, dressed and crept out to the kitchen. There is baking to be done - some cakes for a fundraiser ...
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19 August 2010
Two green bottles for recycling
I wandered out to Hanno's big shed yesterday afternoon looking for Alice's old trampoline bed. I rarely go out there, it's Hann...
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18 August 2010
Kidspot
I have been nominated as one of Australia's top 50 women bloggers by Kidspot.com. I'll let them explain their list, this is from th...
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The home revolution
Let's continue on the theme of career Homemakers today because there is work to be done. We need to form a strategy. The common pro...
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16 August 2010
Homemaking - the power career
I have just finished reading Radical Homemakers by Shannon Hayes, which was kindly lent to me by my friend and fellow radical homemaker, S...
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